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Old 02-19-15, 02:32 PM
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Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

http://www.ironmaiden.com/bruce-dick...treatment.html

Published: Feb 19, 2015

Just before Christmas, Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson visited his doctor for a routine check-up. This led to tests and biopsies which revealed a small cancerous tumour at the back of his tongue. A seven week course of chemotherapy and radiology treatment was completed yesterday. As the tumour was caught in the early stages, the prognosis thankfully is extremely good. Bruce’s medical team fully expect him to make a complete recovery with the all clear envisaged by late May. It will then take a further few months for Bruce to get back to full fitness. In the meantime we would ask for your patience, understanding and respect for Bruce and his family’s privacy until we update everyone by the end of May. Bruce is doing very well considering the circumstances and the whole team are very positive.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

I hope he's okay and this doesn't affect his voice.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

Scary stuff.
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Get well Bruce. Since his return I would consider Maiden to be one of the better older metal bands still putting out new music. Some of their recent stuff is as good their material from the 80's.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

I guess it will take more than cowbell to treat this. Get well soon.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

Iron Maiden put this put this out there today. Awesome news for Maiden fans.

We are very happy to announce that following his recent MRI Scan, Bruce was today officially given the all-clear by his specialists.
Bruce says,
“I would like to thank the fantastic medical team who have been treating me for the last few months, resulting in this amazing outcome. It’s been tough on my family and in many ways it was harder for them than me. I’d also like to send a heartfelt thanks to all our fans for their kind words and thoughts. I’m a firm believer in trying to maintain a positive attitude, and the encouragement from the global Maiden family meant a great deal to me. Right now, I’m feeling extremely motivated and can’t wait to get back to business as usual, as soon as I can!”
Rod Smallwood continues,
“We are of course all absolutely delighted that Bruce’s doctors have pronounced him free of cancer. Although Bruce is naturally eager to resume Maiden activities, it will take a while before he is completely back to full strength, as we explained previously. Because of this, the band will not be touring or playing any shows until next year. We know our fans will understand the situation and, like us, would prefer to wait until Bruce is back to his usual indefatigable levels of fitness before going out on the road.
For now, the focus will be on putting the finishing touches to the new Iron Maiden studio album and that is what we will be concentrating on over the coming weeks. The release however will definitely be this year. Meanwhile, I’d like to echo Bruce’s words and thank all Maiden fans. You have been incredibly patient, putting Bruce’s health and well-being first during this difficult time and the band and I appreciate all your positive support.”

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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

Fantastic news.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

Up the Irons!
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Cock of the walk, baby!
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

Bruce Bruce is alive
and that makes me glad
If cancer had killed him
I'd be very sad.

For whatever reason
God didn't cure Dio
I think I'll celebrate
by watching Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

The Book Of Souls - coming September 4th.
IRON MAIDEN’s eagerly awaited new studio album The Book Of Souls will be released globally on 4th September through Parlophone Records (Sanctuary Copyrights/BMG in the U.S.A.). It was recorded in Paris with their longstanding producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley in late 2014, with the finishing touches added earlier this year. However, the band decided to delay its release so that vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who was recently given the all-clear from a tumour, would have time to recuperate sufficiently to join in the preparations for the album’s launch.
The stunning cover art was created by Mark Wilkinson who has worked with the band previously, and because this 11 track album has a total running time of 92 minutes, it is IRON MAIDEN’s first ever double studio album. There’s a broader split on the song-writing compared to previous Maiden records, with bassist and founder member Steve Harris contributing to seven of the tracks; 6 of them with Maiden’s guitarists and one sole composition. This is also the first time since 1984’s Powerslave that an IRON MAIDEN studio album also features two tracks written solely by Bruce Dickinson, one of which is the longest song Maiden has ever recorded! And also two Dickinson/Smith collaborations.
Steve comments,
“We approached this album in a different way to how we’ve recorded previously. A lot of the songs were actually written while we were there in the studio and we rehearsed and recorded them straight away while they were still fresh, and I think that immediacy really shows in the songs, they have almost a live feel to them I think. I’m very proud of The Book Of Souls, we all are, and we can’t wait for our fans to hear it, and especially to take it out on the road next year!”
Bruce continues,
“We’re really excited about The Book Of Souls and had a fantastic time creating it. We started working on the album in late summer 2014 and recorded it at Guillame Tell Studios in Paris, where we’d done the Brave New World album back in 2000 so the studio holds special memories for all of us. We were delighted to discover the same magical vibe is still alive and very much kicking there! So we immediately felt at home and the ideas just started flowing. By the time we’d finished we all agreed that each track was such an integral part of the whole body of work that if it needed to be a double album, then double its going to be!”
The full tracklisiting is:

Track listing:
Disc 1
1. If Eternity Should Fail (Dickinson) 8:28
2. Speed Of Light (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:01
3. The Great Unknown (Smith/ Harris) 6:37
4. The Red And The Black (Harris) 13:33
5. When The River Runs Deep (Smith/ Harris) 5:52
6. The Book Of Souls (Gers/ Harris) 10:27
Disc 2
7. Death Or Glory (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:13
8. Shadows Of The Valley (Gers/ Harris) 7:32
9. Tears Of A Clown (Smith/ Harris) 4:59
10. The Man Of Sorrows (Murray/ Harris) 6:28
11. Empire Of The Clouds (Dickinson) 18:01
Formats:
2CD deluxe hardbound book limited edition
2CD standard edition
Triple heavyweight black vinyl
High res audio (24-bit Mastered for ITunes and non-Mastered for iTunes)
Standard res audio (16 bit/ 44.1 kHz)

The Book Of Souls is the band’s 16th studio album since their eponymous debut in 1980 charted at #4 in the UK, in a career achieving sales of over 90 million albums worldwide. Their previous album, 2010’s The Final Frontier was Maiden’s most successful chart-wise to date, reaching Number One in 28 countries and was their highest chart debut in the U.S reaching #4 in the Billboard 200.
Due to Bruce’s illness the band had to delay touring plans but promise to be out on the road again early next year, giving time for Bruce to make a full physical recovery to be ready for the rigours of Maiden live performances.
Seems like it will be more on the Progressive Metal side of things than even their other albums. Should be interesting.

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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

The cover looks sort of blah, almost like a teaser or something.

While I am interested in the "broader split on the song-writing," but the double album aspect sort of triggers memories of Nostradamus.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
The cover looks sort of blah, almost like a teaser or something.

While I am interested in the "broader split on the song-writing," but the double album aspect sort of triggers memories of Nostradamus.
I figured somebody would go there. I didn't hate that album, but for those that did, I trust that Harris, Dickinson, & Co will ever go that far away from the Maiden norm.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden going through cancer treatment

One of the mods want to move the posts discussing the new album to this thread?

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/music-talk/...uls-9-4-a.html

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